Job Description
Software Engineer - Data
Department: Technology
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK - London
Compensation: £64,000 - £78,000 / year
Your Mission
Field is an Energy Storage Provider that operates across the value chain from project development through to asset management and trading. At the heart of Field’s operations and trading sits GAIA, our in-house automated energy trading platform which makes hundreds of decisions a day based on market signals, asset telemetry and forecasting model outputs. GAIA’s success has led to its outputs being more deeply integrated into the wider business along with the tools and technologies that have driven its success.
This is where you come in. The successful candidate will build and improve the data platform that powers GAIA as well as improve the data capabilities in the wider business.
Key Responsibilities
This is a broad and hands-on role with the chance to improve how Field uses data within and beyond the realms of GAIA’s ecosystem
- building and operating the production data pipelines and streaming integrations that ingest a wide range from market data to asset telemetry
- partnering with our trading team to deliver the required data and capabilities for in-house forecasting model development
- guiding and partnering with stakeholders in the wider business to build out integrations and analytical views over their data
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The skills you’ll need
- Comfortable writing production-grade Python and SQL
- Hands-on data pipeline experience
- Comfortable working in the cloud with infrastructure as code
- Familiarity with modern data tooling across warehousing, transformation and business intelligence
- Collaboration skills to work with a wide range of stakeholders e.g. engineers, business stakeholders and data scientists
- Data product mindset
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Nice-to-have Experience working with streaming or near-real-time pipelines
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Nice-to-have Experience using LLMs to help non-technical users self-serve analytics
Benefits
Package Details
Salary: Salary: £64,000 - £78,000
We’re offering a competitive compensation package, including participation in our employee share scheme which rewards all employees for the growth of the business. You’ll be awarded shares when you join, which will vest over four years - and as the business grows in size and value, so will your shares!
We value our team’s wellbeing and belonging so we invest approx £5,000 a year on a range of perks, benefits and wellbeing activities, including regular team socials and events.
Other benefits include
- Up to 10% Company wide bonus based on company performance
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- £2,000 per year to spend on your professional development
- Private medical cover with Bupa from day one with the option to add family members.
- Company Pension with 8% Contribution
- Up to 12 days a year of Period Leave
- Enhanced parental leave, for all new parents:
- 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
- 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
- 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
- 1 month work from anywhere, for those with a travel bug
- 1 day green leave to do something good for the environment
- free lunch once a week - a great way to get to know people in the wider team
- dog friendly office, feel free to bring your pooch along
- Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources
- Regular, optional team socials designed to be inclusive for everyone (not just the pub goers!)
- Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
A bit about Field
Field is an international builder, owner, and operator of renewable infrastructure. Founded by a successful entrepreneur, we have robust BESS project pipelines across the UK, Italy, Spain, and Germany, backed by a recent £200 million investment from DIF Capital Partners. Our mission is to grow internationally and develop a strong global BESS portfolio.
We are an eclectic team with diverse backgrounds, from scaling billion-dollar tech startups to building energy companies and specializing in energy markets. You'll work with fun, curious, entrepreneurial people making a real impact. We're proving batteries are a viable energy solution now. Our ambitious plans include becoming Europe's leading clean energy player and expanding beyond batteries into new assets
Our Values
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Work for the team - We are friendly and approachable. We make time for each other, value diverse perspectives, and learn and grow together.
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Do it right - We prioritise doing things right, never cutting corners. Safety comes first, and we consider our impact on communities and the environment. We act with integrity always.
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Move fast - We’re doers. We take responsibility, deliver on promises, and get things done. FAST.
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Know your stuff - We’re curious self-starters, always learning, adapting, and improving. No question is too small. We own our growth.
Love the sound of Field but not sure this role is right for you? Have a look at our careers page and register your CV. We are always interested in candidates who have exposure to BESS and work within the Renewable Energy space. We’d love to hear from you
Equality, Diversity & inclusion
Diverse teams make better teams. Field is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which is as representative as possible of our society. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender expression, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity status, race, nationality, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We published a blog discussing our findings and learnings from our first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion survey in March 2023 which you can read
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